Hat-pin



(No Model.)

E. E. RICE.

HAT PIN. N0.595,9211. Patented Dec. 21, .1897.

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EMERY E. RICE, OF CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-

PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,920, dated December21, 1897.

Application filed March 2 2 1 8 9 '7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERY E. RICE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Charleroi, in the county of Washington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the followingisaspecification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhat-pins, and has for its object to provide a hat-pin that when placedin the hat will be locked in position and prevented from falling out, asis often the case.

The invention further aims to construct a hat-pin of theabove-referred-to class that will be extremely simple in itsconstruction, strong, durable, effectual in its operation, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture; furthermore, a pin that willbe neat in appearance and can be made ornamental or plain, as desired,and, further, thatwill not require any larger opening through the hatthan the ordinary hat-pin.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangements to behereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike letters of references indicate similar parts throughout both views,in which Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a face view, of myimproved hat-pin.

Referring to the drawings by reference-letters, a indicates the pin,having a pointed end, said pin being divided toward the upper end,forming spring portions 1) b, converging together at their upper end andbent trans- Serial No. 628,602. (No model.)

versely, forming shoulders c c. The free ends are then formed in ringsor loops d d to compress the spring portions b I) together.

The operation of my improved hat-pin will be readily apparent from theviews that I have shown in the drawings, as when the pin passes in thehat and reaches the dividingpoint the spring portions b b will becompressed, as shown in dotted lines, until the pin reaches theshoulders o 0, when the spring portions 1) b will retract and lock thepin in the hat. When it is desired to remove the same, the rings d d arepressed together, thus again forcing the spring portions in the positionshown in dotted lines and allowing the removal of the pin.

It will be noted that ornamental knobs or other designs may besubstituted for the rings 01 d, and that these and other changes may bemade in the details of construction without departing from the generalspirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a hat pin, consisting of a pin properdivided at the upper portion into two parts, each of said parts beingbent outward and thence inward thus forming the locking portion of thepin, each of said parts are thence bent outward at right angles to thebody portion of the pin, and formed into upwardly-extendingloops,whereby pressure on the loops will cause the out wardly-bentportions of the 'pin to come into contact for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. EMERY E. RICE.

Witnesses:

A. O. MOKEAN, M. CONNOR.

